015323 Accession Number: 015323

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ALLIED CAPTURE OF MUBO. AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL WADING THROUGH SHALLOW WATER AT NASSAU BAY DURING THE ADVANCE TO THE NORTH WEST WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAPTURE OF MUBO AFTER HARD FIGHTING. THE JAPANESE SUFFERED 950 CASUALTIES. IDENTIFIED ARE: NX136973 LES KEANE (LEFT FOREGROUND); CHARLIE PARKER (SECOND FROM LEFT); NX142785 WALLY WELLER (THIRD FROM LEFT). (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015323
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
29 July 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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